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@uitrit tetra gettoni ffice ROBERT GOODYEAR, OFl NEWv HAVEN, CONNECTICUT. Letters Patent No. 73,244, dated January 14, 1868; antedated December 2,8, 186'?.V

IMPROVEMENT IN NECK-TIE FASTBNINGS.

To ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

vBe itknown that I, ROBERT A. GOODYEAR, of New Haven, in the State of Connecticut, have invented, l made, and applied to use a certain :new and useful Improvement in Frames for Cravats; and I do hereby declare the following to be al full, clear, and exact description of the said invention, ,referencev being had to the annexed drawing, making part .of this specification,v whereini i Figurel is a rear view ofthe cra'Vat-frame inlarger than usual size. i

Figure 2 is a crosssection' of the same; -and Figure 3 is Ya view of the frame in a. slightly-modified form.

Similarmarks of reference denote the same parts. 4 Y

'My invention consists in a peculiar spring-clasp for the 4shirt-collar button, hinged to a metal frame carrying the .cravat, in such a manner that thecravat can be -inverted while the spring-clasp is being placed over the button, and then-turned down to place on the hinge. This construction insures a rm and reliable attachment to the collar-button, and avoids all risk of disgnringthe collar, even ifof paper, by putting on the crvat.

In the drawing, a is a plate, which I prefer to be of metal, with a central opening to lessen the weight and to form a space into which'the shirt-collarbutton passes, as shown by red lines in iig. l, when the cravat is closed to its place. b is a. tube, bentup or formed 4upon the plate a, receiving the-spring-wire' cl composing the buttonclnsp. This spring-wire is of a shape, as shown at'l 1, to pass behind the button in the form of a spring-clasp or fork, that grasps the shank of the button, holding the cravat securely to the same.`

' In order'that the cravat` and plate a may notswing upon the hinge b,'by the motion'lo" the body, I make saidwire c, at thehingewf such a shape as totend to press the clasp 1 Ittowards the plate a.. This I effect by bendingthe'pnrt that projects from the ends ofthe tubeb upwards, that it may have to be sprunginto a straight Y line beforsthe plate a can be turned-on thehinge; or else I make the tube b`llat tened,`as shown in lig. 3, and

ndnlate :thepwi're c within it for thesame purpose. The cravat-bow-is tobe made of any desired size or material,v and attached to the plate a by sewing. v

What I claim, and desi-reto secure by Letters Patent, is#- The spring-clasp c, formedfas lshown at 1 1,A for grasping the button, and so bent, at or near the hinge b of the plate a, that aspring is producedfor keeping the plate a towards the clasp, as and forlthe purposes set forth.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my signature, this twenty-seventh day of March, A. D.'1867.

ROBERT A. GOODYEAR.

Witnesses:

Cms. H. SMITH, Guo. D, WALKER, 

